THOMPSON

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• THOMPSON (noun)
  The noun THOMPSON has 2 senses:

1. United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

2. English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)

  Familiarity information: THOMPSON used as a noun is rare.

• THOMPSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Homer A. Thompson; Homer Armstrong Thompson; Homer Thompson; Thompson

Instance hypernyms:

archaeologist; archeologist (an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benjamin Thompson; Count Rumford; Thompson

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

 Context examples 

Mutations in this gene are associated with acromesomelic dysplasia, Hunter-Thompson type; brachydactyly, type C; and chondrodysplasia, Grebe type.

(Growth Differentiation Factor 5, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute have uncovered the function of a pair of plant genes that could help farmers improve phosphate capture, potentially reducing the environmental harm associated with fertilization.

(Plant gene discovery could help reduce fertilizer pollution in waterways, National Science Foundation)

Mutations in the gene produce variants that are associated with acromesomelic dysplasia, Hunter-Thompson type; brachydactyly, type C; and chondrodysplasia, Grebe type.

(GDF5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

As humans domesticated watermelons over the past 4,000 years, they selected fruits that were red, sweet and less bitter, said Zhangjun Fei of the Boyce Thompson Institute and co-leader of the effort.

(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)

From Thompson, that—

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)